"it is ten pence cheaper a mile than each of the eight other vehicles in our street cleansing fleet"
Ceridwen John, the Council’s Climate Change Manager said: “When we looked at buying a new vehicle for our street cleansing operations, it became clear the electric option was better suited for our purpose as well as being better for the environment. “As opposed to our existing petrol and diesel vehicles, the electric vehicle requires no road duty motor tax and at two pence a mile to run, it is ten pence cheaper a mile than each of the eight other vehicles in our street cleansing fleet. “It also supports the Council’s key priorities to be `clean and green` and is just one...